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Accounting firms: ranked by number of accounting professionals in L.A. County.


THE Big Four accounting firms dominate the list of the largest accounting firms in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County, making up 60 percent of the 7,482 total accounting professionals among the 50 largest local firms.

Led by Deloitte and Touche LLE LLE Left lower extremity  the big four held their respective positions on the list this year. Most accounting firms hired additional professionals last year to help clients comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Deloitte added 68 accounting professionals while PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , No. 3 this year, added 91 accounting professionals, more than any other firm.

Beyond the Big Four, BDO Seidman BDO Seidman, LLP is the United States arm of BDO International, one of the largest accounting firms outside of the Big Four. History
BDO Seidman, LLP was founded as Seidman and Seidman in New York City in 1910 by Maximillian L. Seidman.
 LLP, No. 6 this year, jumped five spots as it added 32 accounting professionals to its local offices. CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann McCann is the surname of several people, including:
  • Austin McCann
  • Bob McCann
  • Brian McCann (actor)
  • Brian McCann (baseball player)
  • Carole McCann
  • Charles McCann
  • Chris McCann (born 1960s), American musician
  • Chris McCann (footballer)
 P.C p.c. (post cibum),
n a Latin phrase meaning “after meals”; the abbreviation may be used in prescription writing.
., No. 11 this year, moved up six spots by adding 26 accounting professionals and Singer Lewak Greenbaum Greenbaum is a surname and may refer to:
  • Gary Greenbaum
  • Gus Greenbaum
  • Joanne Greenbaum
  • Max Greenbaum
  • Mick Green (born Michael Greenbaum), British rock and roll guitarist
  • Mutz Greenbaum
  • Norman Greenbaum
 & Goldstein Gold·stein , Joseph Leonard Born 1940.

American biochemist. He shared a 1985 Nobel Prize for discoveries related to cholesterol metabolism.
 LLP, No. 12 this year, moved up four spots by adding 28 accounting professionals.

Just six firms reported fewer accounting professionals in L.A. County offices. These included Ernst & Young LLP, No. 2 this year, which reported 50 fewer accounting professionals than a year earlier.

THE PACESETTER

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

THE New York-based Deloitte and Touche LLP is the largest firm in L.A. County with 1,507 local accounting professionals, 68 more than the year earlier.

The industry experienced turmoil associated with changes in accounting practices due to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, but has since stabilized sta·bi·lize  
v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es

v.tr.
1. To make stable or steadfast.

2.
. "We're we're  

Contraction of we are.


we're we are
 experiencing calm and traditional reactions to a big change," said Tony Buzzelli, national managing partner and vice chairman.

For the past three years, the Years, The

the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109]

See : Time
 Los Angeles area has been one of Deloitte's fastest growing regions A growing region is an area suited by climate and soil conditions to the cultivation of a certain type of crop. Most crops are cultivated not in one place only, but in several distinct regions in diverse parts of the world. . "Our audit business continues to grow and the tax business is strong," he said. The firm also saw an increase in its consulting practice.

Four industries saw the strongest growth locally last year: real estate, consumer business, manufacturing and media/entertainment. "The focus for real estate has been on residential, but the commercial side has not seen a slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation).
A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties.
," Buzzelli said.

The firm's executives are optimistic op·ti·mist  
n.
1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome.

2. A believer in philosophical optimism.



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 that the Deloitte will grow this year. The Los Angeles region will continue to grow because of L.A.'s proximity PROXIMITY. Kindred between two persons. Dig. 38, 16, 8.  to Asia, and more than half of the firm's business comes from fast-growing adj. 1. tending to spread quickly; - used mostly of plants.

Adj. 1. fast-growing - tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor"
strong-growing, aggressive
 companies with less than $500 million in annual revenues. "We continue to hire at a brisk Brisk as a proper name may refer to:
  • Brest, Belarus (Brest-Litovsk) Brisk (בריסק) is the city's name in Yiddish
  • The Brisk yeshivas and methods, a school of Jewish thought originated by the Soloveitchik family of Brest.
 rate," he said.
Rank    Firm (Ranking in 2005)                     L.A. County Staff
        * name                                     (current/year ago)
        * address                                * accounting prof. (1)
        * Web site                                 * total prof. (2)
                                                         * CPAs

   1    Deloitte & Touche LLP (1)                     1,507/1,439
        350 S. Grand Ave.                             1,803/1,616
        Los Angeles 90071                               WND/WND
        deloitte.com/us
   2    Ernst & Young LLP (2)                         1,300/1,350
        725 S. Figueroa St.                           1,600/1,650
        Los Angeles 90017                               WND/WND
        ey.com
   3    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (3)                  965/874
        350 S. Grand Ave.                             1,141/1,043
        Los Angeles 90071                               WND/WND
        pwc.com
   4    KPMG LLP (4)                                    705/695
        355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2000                   851/851
        Los Angeles 90071                               WND/WND
        kpmg.com
   5    Loring Ward Inc. (6)                            190/196
        10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1300            217/227
        Los Angeles 90067                                83/88
        loringward.com
   6    BDO Seidman LLP (11)                            150/118
        1900 Avenue of the Stars, 11th Floor            169/131
        Los Angeles 90067                                60/52
        bdo.com
   7    Grant Thornton LLP (8)                          147/129
        1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300                  159/140
        7 Los Angeles 90017                              38/37
        grantthornton.com
   8    Moss Adams LLP (9)                              146/126
        11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900                 155/130
        Los Angeles 90025                                67/65
        mossadams.com
   9    Gelfand Rennert & Feldman LLP (10)              140/125
        1880 Century Park East, Suite 1600              143/127
        Los Angeles 90067                                28/21
        grflip.com
  10    Miller Kaplan Arase & Co. LLP (7)               130/130
        4123 Lankershim Blvd.                           148/148
        North Hollywood 91602                            73/73
        millerkaplan.com
  11    CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. (4)               114/88
          (17)                                          132/109
        11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300                 52/38
        Los Angeles 90025
        cbiz.com
  12    Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein               114/86
          LLP (16)                                       120/93
        10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1100                 46/33
        Los Angeles 90024
        slgg.com
  13    Grobstein Horwath & Co. LLP (14)                 112/95
        15233 Ventura Blvd., Ninth Floor                125/102
        Sherman Oaks 91403                               55/46
        horwathcal.com
  14    Gumbiner Savett Inc. (18)                        112/88
        1723 Cloverfield Blvd.                           120/96
        Santa Monica 90404                               55/50
        gscpa.com
  15    Windes & McClaughry Accty. Corp. (13)            110/98
        111 W. Ocean Blvd., 22nd Floor                  122/106
        Long Beach 90802                                 70/65
        windes.com
  16    Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt LLP (12)           109/101
        1601 Cloverfield Blvd., Suite 300               113/105
        South Santa Monica 90404                         53/52
        hcvt.com
  17    RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen 5               105/79
          (19)                                           112/88
        251 S. Lake Ave., Suite 300                      43/30
        Pasadena 91101
        rsmmcgladrey.com
  18    RBZ LLP (15)                                     101/78
        11755 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth Floor                103/94
        Los Angeles 90025                                76/46
        rbz.com
  19    Good Swartz Brown & Berns LLP (21)               83/74
        11755 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700                 87/77
        Los Angeles 90025                                45/46
        gsbbcpa.com
  20    Rothstein Kass & Co. P.C. (20)                   80/75
        9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500                   85/82
        Beverly Hills 90210                              47/45
        rkco.com
  21    Gursey Schneider & Co. LLP (22)                  74/72
        10351 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300              83/78
        Los Angeles 90025                                43/43
        gursey.com
  22    Green Hasson & Janks LLP (24)                    74/69
        10990 Wilshire Blvd., 16th Floor                 79/74
        Los Angeles 90024                                47/46
        ghjadvisors.com
  23    White Zuckerman Warsavsky Luna Wolf &            68/65
          Hunt (25)                                      71/68
        14455 Ventura Blvd., Third Floor                 39/37
        Sherman Oaks 91423
        wzwlw.com
  24    NSBN LLP (26)                                    65/64
        9454 Wilshire Blvd., Fourth Floor                69/66
        Beverly Hills 90212                              33/33
        nsbn.com
  25    Tanner Mainstain Blatt & Glynn (28)              59/53
        10866 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor                 62/56
        Los Angeles 90024                                23/20
        tmbgcpa.com
  26    Stonefield Josephson Inc. (34)                   46/41
        2049 Century Park East, Suite 400                46/41
        Los Angeles 90067                                22/20
        sjaccounting.com
  27    Kellogg & Andelson Accountancy. Corp.            44/43
          (30)                                           51/48
        14724 Ventura Blvd., Second Floor                17/19
        Sherman Oaks 91403
        k-a.com
  28    Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer & Torbet             41/41
          LLP (32)                                       43/42
        1199 S. Fairway Drive, Suite 200                 22/20
        Walnut 91789
        mswft.com
  29    Lodgen Lacher Golditch Sardi & Howard            38/37
          LLP (27)                                       36/37
        16530 Ventura Blvd., Suite 305                   29/29
        Encino 91436
        fllgsh.com
  30    Lucas Horsfall Murphy & Pindroh LLP              33/35
          (31)                                           33/35
        100 E. Corson St., Suite 200                     20/20
        Pasadena 91103
        hmp.com
  31    Vicenti Lloyd & Stutzman LLP (33)                32/38
        2210 E. Route 66, Suite 100                      38/45
        Glendora 91740                                   26/30
        vlsllp.com
  32    Simpson & Simpson CPAs (29)                      31/31
        3600 Wilhire Blvd., Suite 1710                   31/50
        Los Angeles 90010                                31/50
        simpsonandsimpsoncpas.com
  33    Fineman West & Co. LLP (37)                      31/31
        9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200 West              31/29
        Beverly Hills 90212                              22/21
        fwllp.com
  34    Rose Snyder & Jacobs                             31/27
        15821 Ventura Blvd., Suite 490                   31/27
        Encino 91436                                     18/16
        rsjcpa.com
  35    Solomon Ross Grey and Co. LLP (36)               30/33
        16633 Ventura Blvd., Suite 600                   35/37
        Encino 91436                                     28/27
        srgco.com
  36    Kirsch Kohn & Bridge LLP (38)                    29/29
        15910 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1100                  29/29
        Encino 91436                                     21/18
        kkbcpa.com
  37    Singer Burke & Co. CPAs LLP (50)                 28/19
        6345 Balboa Blvd., Suite 375                     36/21
        Encino 91316                                     12/12
        singerburke.com
  38    Hutchinson & Bloodgood LLP (45)                  27/24
        101 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 1600                   50/45
        Glendale 91203                                   19/17
        hbllp.com
  39    Meloni Hribal Tratner LLP (39)                   27/27
        5950 Canoga Ave., Suite 350                      27/27
        Woodland Hills 91367                             17/17
        mhtcpa.com
  40    Raimondo Pettit Group                            27/23
        21515 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 1250                27/23
        Torrance 90503                                    12/8
        rpgcpa.com
  41    UHY Advisors (41)                                26/24
        11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 600               28/25
        Los Angeles 90049                                17/15
        uhy-us.com
  42    Martin Werbelow LLP (40)                         26/25
        300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 930                      27/26
        Pasadena 91101                                   17/17
        mwco.com
  43    Sobul Primes & Schenkel (42)                     26/24
        12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1150                 26/24
        Los Angeles 90025                                15/14
        spscpa.com
  44    Edward White & Co. LLP (43)                      23/23
        21700 Oxnard St., Suite 400                      25/25
        Woodland Hills 91367                             14/14
        ewccpas.com
  45    PKF (44)                                         22/22
        400 S. Hope St.                                  28/27
        Los Angeles 90071                                11/11
        pkfla.com
  46    Gorelick & Uslaner CPAs (46)                     22/21
        11620 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800                  27/26
        Los Angeles 90025                                19/19
        gucpas.com
  47    Miller & Co. LLP (48)                            22/23
        501 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200                22/23
        Santa Monica 90401                               10/13
        millerandcollp.com
  48    Maginnis Knechtel & McIntyre                     21/19
        950 S. Arroyo Parkway                            21/19
        Pasadena 91105                                   15/14
        m-k-m.com
  49    Rossi Doskocil & Finkelstein LLP (49)            21/20
        400 Oceangate, Suite 1000                        21/20
        Long Beach 90802                                  8/7
        rossillp.com
  50    Winningham Becker & Co. (47)                     18/16
        21031 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1000                  20/21
        Woodland Hills 91364                             10/10
        wbac.com

Rank     Revenue (3)                    Industries Served
        (county/total)                   (partial list)
            * 2005
            * 2004

   1     WND/$18,200        entertainment, financial services, health
         WND/$16,400        care, hospitality, manufacturing, media,
                                real estate, retail, technology,
                                       telecommunications
   2      WND/16,900        entertainment, financial services, health
          WND/14,500        care, manufacturing, media, real estate,
                                       retail, technology
   3      WND/20,300        entertainment, financial services, health
          WND/17,600        care, insurance, legal, manufacturing and
                           dist., non-profit, real estate, technology,
                                        consumer products
   4      WND/15,690        entertainment, financial services, health
          WND/13,440        care, insurance, manufacturing and dist.,
                            media, real estate, technology, consumer
                                     products, public sector
   5       WND/WND          entertainment, financial services, legal,
           WND/WND                 media, real estate, sports
   6       WND/WND            apparel, construction, entertainment,
           WND/WND              financial services, insuranoe, -
                              manufacturing and dist., media, real
                               estate, retail, technology, gaming
   7       WND/795          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
           WND/635            estate, retail, technology, financial
                                 institutions, mortgage banking
   8       WND/230         apparel, entertainment, financial services,
           WND/198            health care, manufacturing and dist.,
                              non-profit, real estate, technology,
                                     financial institutions
   9       WND/WND             entertainment, non-profit, sports,
           WND/WND            publishing, merchandising, corporate
                                           executives
  10       WND/WND               apparel, entertainment, legal,
           WND/WND           manufacturing, non-profit, real estate,
                               retail, sports, technology, radio &
                                 television stations, newspapers
  11      WND/$559.3         construction, entertainment, financial
           WND/$520        services, health care, legal, manufacturing
                           and dist., non-profit, real estate, retail,
                                           technology
  12      $18.5/25.8          apparel, construction, entertainment,
          $18.5/23.5            financial services, health care,
                            manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                             estate, technology, telecommunications
  13       WND/WND         apparel, entertainment, financial services,
           WND/WND            hospitality, manufacturing and dist.,
                          non-profit, real estate, retail, technology,
                                       telecommunications
  14       WND/WND            apparel, construction, entertainment,
           WND/WND          health care, manufacturing, real estate,
                                 agriculture, food and beverage
  15      20.4/20.5         construction, financial services, health
          15.7/15.7         care, insurance, legal, manufacturing and
                             dist., non-profit, real estate, retail,
                                           technology
  16      30.6/30.6           apparel, construction, entertainment,
          24.7/24.7           hospitality, manufacturing and dist.,
                               media, real estate, retail, sports,
                                           technology
  17      WND/1,000             construction, financial services,
           WND/595            manufacturing and dist., media, real
                             estate, technology, food processing and
                                   distribution, life sciences
  18       WND/WND          construction, entertainment, hospitality,
           WND/WND          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                                  estate, technology, law firms
  19      16.6/16.6          apparel, health care, insurance, legal,
          15.8/15.8           manufacturing and dist., media, real
                                         estate, retail
  20     WND/69.5 (6)        construction, entertainment, financial
          WND/(9) 1         services, manufacturing and dist., media,
                                     non-profit, real estate
  21     $16.3/$16.3          entertainment, legal, manufacturing,
         $15.8/$15.8       non-profit, real estate, retail, technology
  22       WND/WND          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
           WND/WND             estate, waste management, law firms
  23        14/15           entertainment, financial services, legal,
          13.7/14.7        manufacturing and dist., media, non-profit,
                                    real estate, technology,
                                       telecommunications
  24       WND/WND           construction, entertainment, financial
           9.9/9.9        services, health care, legal, manufacturing,
                             media, non-profit, real estate, retail
  25       WND/WND           construction, entertainment, financial
           WND/WND         services, health care, real estate, sports
  26       15.2/28            apparel, construction, entertainment,
           13.5/23            health care, manufacturing and dist.,
                          non-profit, real estate, retail, technology,
                                       telecommunications
  27       7.5/0.9          construction, entertainment, health care,
           7.9/7.9        hospitality, legal, manufacturing and dist.,
                               non-profit, real estate, technology
  28       7.9/14.8          construction, entertainment, financial
           6.8/13.2          services, manufacturing, manufacturing
                               and dist., non-profit, real estate,
                                  agricultural, municipalities
  29       WND/WND           construction, entertainment, financial
           WND/WND         services, health care, hospitality, legal,
                            manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                                     estate, retail, sports
  30       7.6/7.6           construction, legal, manufacturing and
           7.3/7.3               dist., non-profit, real estate,
                                       telecommunications
  31      $6.9/$6.9          construction, legal, manufacturing and
          $6.1/$6.1       dist., non-profit, individuals, professional
                            service firms, water agencies, retirement
                                      communities, schools
  32       3.8/3.8          construction, financial services, health
           3.6/3.6            care, media, non-profit, technology,
                                telecommunications, governmental
                                       entities, churches
  33       WND/WND            apparel, construction, entertainment,
           WND/WND             manufacturing, real estate, retail,
                                 technology, telecommunications
  34       WND/WND         apparel, entertainment, health care, legal,
           WND/WND          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                                   estate, retail, technology,
                                       telecommunications
  35       WND/WND         entertainment, health care, manufacturing,
           WND/WND           real estate, retail, telecommunications
  36       4.7/4.7           construction, legal, manufacturing and
           4.5/4.5           dist., non-profit, real estate, retail,
                                             grocery
  37       WND/WND          entertainment, health care, legal, media,
           WND/WND                         real estate
  38       6.8/15.5          construction, entertainment, financial
           6.6/14.3        services, health care, hospitality, legal,
                            manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                                         estate, retail
  39       WND/WND           construction, entertainment, financial
           WND/WND           services, manufacturing and dist., real
                                         estate, retail
  40       WND/WND           construction, entertainment, insurance,
           WND/WND          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                                         estate, sports
  41       $5/$198          construction, financial services, health
         $4.5/$173.9          care, legal, manufacturing and dist.,
                               non-profit, real estate, technology
  42       3.7/3.7          construction, financial services, health
           3.5/3.5            care, legal, manufacturing and dist.,
                           non-profit, real estate, retail, technology
  43       WND/WND            apparel, entertainment, health care,
           WND/WND        hospitality, legal, manufacturing and dist.,
                            real estate, retail, technology, service
                                    organizations, wholesale
  44       WND/WND          construction, entertainment, hospitality,
           WND/WND          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                                   estate, sports, technology,
                                       telecommunications
  45       WND/WNO          entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing
           WND/WND               and dist., real estate, retail
  46       WND/WND           construction, entertainment, financial
           WND/WND         services, legal, manufacturing, non-profit,
                                       real estate, retail
  47       3.5/3.5           construction, entertainment, insurance,
           3.6/3.6         legal, manufacturing and dist., non-profit,
                             real estate, retail, telecommunications
  48       3.9/3.9           construction, entertainment, financial
           3.5/3.5           services, insurance, manufacturing and
                           dist., non-profit, real estate, technology
  49       WND/WND             apparel, construction, health care,
           WND/WND          manufacturing and dist., non-profit, real
                            estate, retail, technology, transportaion
  50       WND/WND           entertainment, legal, manufacturing and
           WND/WND                     dist., real estate

Rank                   Services Offered
                        (partial list)

   1         accounting, audit, corporate finance,
          financial advisory, forensic, human capital
            advisory, internal audit, m&a, taxation
   2      accounting, audit, human capital advisory,
             internal audit, m&a, risk management,
             taxation, transaction, restructuring,
         valuations, real estate, litigation advisory
   3     audit, financial advisory, forensic, internal
             audit, litigation support, m&a, risk
         management, taxation, transaction, financial
                         effectiveness
   4       audit, forensic, information technology,
        internal audit, taxation, transaction, advisory
   5        accounting, business management, estate
            planning, financial advisory, forensic,
            litigation support, personal financial
            planning, royalty compliance, taxation
   6         accounting, audit, corporate finance,
           financial advisory, forensic, information
        technology, internal audit, litigation support,
               m&a, taxation, Sarbanes-Oxley 404
   7      audit, forensic, internal audit, litigation
           support, regulatory compliance, taxation,
           transaction, international tax & business
                  services, state & local tax
   8        accounting, audit, business management,
            litigation support, royalty compliance,
         taxation, international tax, personal wealth
                  services, estates & trusts
   9        accounting, business management, estate
             planning, litigation support, royalty
            compliance, taxation, royalty & profit
            participation examinations, valuations
  10        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
         advisory, information technology, litigation
          support, m&a, royalty compliance, taxation
  11      audit, corporate finance, estate planning,
         financial advisory, forensic, internal audit,
           litigation support, m&a, risk management,
           taxation, benefits, insurance, valuation
  12        accounting, audit, business management,
         forensic, litigation support, m&a, regulatory
            compliance, risk management, taxation,
                          transaction
  13         audit, business management, forensic,
          information technology, litigation support,
             m&a, ,regulatory compliance, royalty
         compliance, taxation, transaction, valuation
  14     accounting, audit, corporate finance, estate
            planning, financial advisory, forensic,
          litigation support, taxation, transaction,
             ESOP's, consulting, wealth consulting
  15        accounting, audit, business management,
           estate planning, human capital advisory,
          internal audit, m&a, regulatory compliance,
            risk management, taxation, transaction
  16        accounting, audit, business management,
        estate planning, financial advisory, litigation
          support, m&a, personal financial planning,
         taxation, transaction, real estate consulting
  17     accounting, audit, corporate finance, estate
              planning, internal audit, m&a, risk
          management, taxation, international, state
                   and local tax consulting
  18        accounting, audit, business management,
          estate planning, forensic, internal audit,
              litigation support, m&a, regulatory
                     compliance, taxation
  19     accounting, audit, estate planning, financial
          advisory, litigation support, m&a, personal
                 financial planning, taxation
  20        accounting, audit, business management,
          estate planning, forensic, internal audit,
           litigation support, m&a, risk management,
                taxation, management consulting
  21        accounting, audit, business management,
            estate planning, forensic, information
           technology, litigation support, taxation,
                business valuation, bankruptcy
  22        audit, estate planning, m&a, taxation,
                international, cost segregation
  23          audit, business management, estate
            planning, financial advisory, forensic,
          information technology, litigation support,
             personal financial planning, taxation
  24        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
         advisory, internal audit, litigation support,
             personal financial planning, taxation
  25        accounting, audit, business management,
        estate planning, financial advisory, litigation
        support, personal financial planning, taxation
  26        accounting, audit, business management,
            corporate finance, financial advisory,
         forensic, internal audit, litigation support,
                regulatory compliance, taxation
  27        accounting, audit, business management,
           estate planning, information technology,
         internal audit, personal financial planning,
                    taxation, cost reports
  28        accounting, audit, business management,
         estate planning, financial advisory, internal
         audit, litigation support, personal financial
              planning, taxation, SEC compilance
  29        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
         advisory, forensic, litigation support, m&a,
                  personal financial planning
  30     accounting, audit, estate planning, financial
        advisory, forensic, internal audit, litigation
             support, personal financial planning,
                regulatory compliance, taxation
  31        accounting, audit, business management,
          estate planning, forensic, internal audit,
         litigation support, m&a, taxation, charitable
            trusts, succession planning, valuation
  32        accounting, audit, business management,
              human capital advisory, information
            technology, internal audit, regulatory
                compliance, royalty compliance
  33     accounting, audit, corporate finance, estate
         planning, financial advisory, internal audit,
            litigation support, personal financial
                planning, taxation, transaction
  34        accounting, audit, business management,
           estate planning, human capital advisory,
         m&a, personal financial planning, regulatory
               compliance, taxation, transaction
  35          audit, business management, estate
                      planning, taxation
  36    accounting, audit, estate planning, litigation
         support, m&a, taxation, 401 (k) audits, cost
                      segregation studies
  37      accounting, business management, financial
            advisory, personal financial planning,
                           taxation
  38        accounting, audit, business management,
           estate planning, human capital advisory,
            information technology, internal audit,
           litigation support, regulatory compliance
  39        accounting, audit, business management,
           estate planning, litigation support, m&a,
                      royalty compliance
  40        accounting, audit, business management,
        estate planning, internal audit, m&a, taxation,
                          transaction
  41        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
        advisory, forensic, internal audit, litigation
              support, m&a, regulatory compliance
  42        accounting, audit, business management,
         estate planning, financial advisory, internal
         audit, litigation support, personal financial
                planning, taxation, transaction
  43        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
          advisory, information technology, personal
           financial planning, taxation, transaction
  44        accounting, audit, business management,
        estate planning, financial advisory, forensic,
         litigation support, m&a, royalty compliance,
                     taxation, transaction
  45        accounting, audit, forensic, litigation
          support, m&a, royalty compliance, taxation
  46        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
            advisory, litigation support, personal
            financial planning, taxation, valuation
  47        accounting, audit, business management,
         corporate finance, estate planning, financial
          advisory, forensic, m&a, personal financial
                      planning, taxation
  48    accounting, audit, estate planning, litigation
          support, m&a, personal financial planning,
                           taxation
  49     accounting, audit, corporate finance, estate
        planning, forensic, internal audit, litigation
           support, regulatory compliance, taxation,
                          transaction
  50        accounting, audit, business management,
         estate planning, financial advisory, personal
              financial planning, taxation, trust
                 administration, tax planning

Rank       Profile        Top Local Executive
        * headquarters    * name
         * year est.      * title
          * offices       * phone
        (county/total)

   1       New York       Tony Buaelli
             1916         national man. partner,
            5/670         vice chairman
                          (213) 688-0800
   2       New York       Anthony K. Anderson
             1903         managing partner,
            2/700         Pacific Southwest
                          (213) 977-3200
   3       New York       Bradley J. Oltmanns
             1865         office managing
            1/771         partner
                          (213) 356-6000
   4       New York       Philip R. Schimmel
             1897         managing partner
             3/94         (213) 972-4000
   5     Los Angeles      Mickey Segal
             1981         president
             2/3          (310) 277-4657
   6       Chicago        Brad Schrupp
             1910         office business
             1/36         line leader
                          (310) 557-0300
   7       Chicago        Mark A. Bagaason
             1924         So. Calif. man. partner
            2/540         (213) 627-1717
   8       Seattle        Rob Greenspan
             1913         managing partner
             1/18         (310) 477-0450
   9     Los Angeles      Todd Gelfand
             1967         managing partner
             1/2          (310) 553-1707
  10        North         Marmon Kaplan
          Hollywood       managing partner
             1941         (818) 769-2010
             1/3
  11      Cleveland       Mark Luttrell/Jim Parks
             1978         co-managing directors
            1/160         (310) 268-2000
  12     Los Angeles      David W. Krajanowski
             1959         managing partner
             2/4          (310) 477-3924
  13     Sherman Oaks     Jay Mangel
             1966         managing partner
             1/1          (818) 501-5200
  14     Santa Monica     Michael M. Savoy
             1950         managing director
             2/2          (310) 828-9798
  15      Long Beach      Jack E. Hinsche
             1926         managing partner
             2/3          (562) 435-1191
  16     Santa Monica     Philip J. Holthouse
             1991         managing partner
             4/4          (310) 566-1900
  17     Bloomington,     Ron Barzen
            Minn.         partner in charge
             1926         (626) 795-8590
            2/120
  18     Los Angeles      Thomas J. Schulte
             1975         managing partner
             1/1          (310) 478-4148
  19     Los Angeles      David L. Swartz
             1962         managing partner
             2/2          (310) 477-3722
  20    Roseland, N.J.    Marc J. Wolf
             1959         principal
             1/8          (310) 273-2770
  21     Los Angeles      David Blumenthal
             1979         partner
             2/2          (310) 552-0960
  22     Los Angeles      Leon Janks
             1953         managing partner
             1/1          (310) 873-1600
  23     Sherman Oaks     Paul J. White
             1971         managing partner
             1/2          (818) 981-4226
  24    Beverly Hills     Kenneth A. Miles
             1952         managing partner
             1/1          (310) 273-2501
  25     Los Angeles      Michael Glynn
             1976         managing partner
             1/1          (310) 446-2700
  26     Los Angeles      Jeffrey M. Garrison
             1975         president
             1/4          (310) 453-9400
  27     Sherman Oaks     Jim Walters
             1939         chairman
             1/3          (818) 971-5100
  28        Walnut        Jeff C. Jones
             1921         managing partner
             1/3          (909) 594-2713
  29        Encino        S. Lacher/K. Lodgen
             1975         partners
             1/1          (818) 783-0570
  30       Pasadena       John Tracey
             1957         managing partner
             1/1          (626) 744-5100
  31       Glendora       C. Pon/M.A. Quay
             1953         co-managing partners
             1/1          (626) 857-7300
  32     Los Angeles      Brainard C. Simpson
             1976         managing partner
             1/2          (213) 736-6664
  33    Beverly Hills     H. West/G. Fineman
             1955         co-managing partners
             1/1          (310) 888-1880
  34        Encino        Tony Rose
             1976         ceo
             1/1          (818) 461-0600
  35        Encino        Fred Solomon
             1960         managing partner
             1/1          (818) 995-0090
  36        Encino        Mel Kohn
             1960         managing partner
             1/1          (818) 907-6500
  37        Encino        Matthew A. Burke
             1991         partner
             1/1          (818) 774-1000
  38       Glendale       Duane Sharpe
             1922         partner in charge
             1/5          (818) 637-5000
  39     Los Angeles      Gary V. Meloni
             1997         partner
             1/1          (818) 587-3730
  40       Torrance       Timothy D. Pettit
             1992         managing partner
             1/1          (310) 540-5990
  41       Chicago        Michael B. Hilton
             2000         managing office
             1/19         shareholder
                          (310) 826-0855
  42       Pasadena       Steve Boyer
             1952         managing partner
             1/1          (626) 577-1440
  43     Los Angeles      Richard J. Schenkel
             1981         managing shareholder
             1/1          (310) 826-2060
  44     Los Angeles      Edward White
             1976         senior partner
             1/1          (818) 716-1120
  45     Los Angeles      Rex Poulsen
             1941         managing director
             1/3          (213) 891-9911
  46     Los Angeles      Edward Gorelick
             1946         president
             1/1          (310) 444-1889
  47     Santa Monica     J. Drew Delisser
             1949         managing partner
             1/1          (310) 576-6880
  48       Pasadena       Arthur Thielen
             1971         partner
             1/1          (626) 449-3466
  49      Long Beach      Albert Rossi
             1984         managing partner
             1/1          (562) 495-3325
  50    Woodland Hills    Larry Winningham
             1954         managing partner
             1/1          (818) 598-6525

WND--Would not disclose

(1) Number of employees doing accounting work, including CPAs, but
excluding support staff.

(2) Total number of professionals, including accounting professionals,
but excluding support staff.

(3) In millions.

(4) CBIZ Accounting Tax & Advisory Services and Mayer Hoffman McCann
P.C. are associated through an alternative practice structure.

(5) RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen LLP have an alternative
practice structure. Though separate and independent legal entities, the
two firms work together. The firm's 2005 revenue increased as a result
of the acquisition American Express Tax and Business Services in
October 2005.

(6) Sold consulting division in 2005.

To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and
thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors sometimes
occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to
the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire
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Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without
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